I've got quite a few cork floor tiles to lift, from a poke with a scraper they seem to have been stuck-down (well!) with evostik. Is this the excuse I need to buy a multitool? If so, which one? Is it likely to be able to scrape the evostik off the chipboard floor?
Having done just this last year, I found the best tool was a power chisel using the scraper blade. Found a real use for it at last. ;-) It's a Bosch I've had for ages - but Lidl had something similar recently.
Interesting! You've just reminded me that I've had a Bosch PSF180E (I think) for years and hardly used it - I'll give it a go. I hope this doesn't take away the excuse to buy a multitool :-(
On screed a flat-bladed spade makes short work - give it a hefty swing along the floor and if you are lucky the tile (or even several) pop up cleanly. A sharp wide bolster might also be good. Depends very much on what the glue has done over the years.
I see no reason it wouldn't work on chipboard if you are careful not to go too heavy handed on it. The emphasis is on a good sideways swing, not downwards, to shear the tile off using the momentum in the spade.
As for the glue - it will never come off completely - it will have soaked into the substrate. However, it is usually not a problem, unlike black bitumen.
If it is tacky and that is undesireable (like if you want to lay a carpet), you can "blind" it with a light dusting of powder - perhaps plain baby talc then hoover off the excess.
Years ago, I had a basement with cork tiles stuck down onto a concrete floor. After a month of Sunday's with a cold chisel, I gave up and got someone in to level the whole mess.
Now, I recon the multi-tool would have made short work of it.
I have an el cheapo multi tool which I have used a lot. Having watched this video of fixing a Bosch multi-tool I would not be buying a Bosch as it's clearly badly designed:
I have one too bought "body only" from eBay (choice influenced by already having a several of other LXT tools & batteries) worth noting that it doesn't have a quick blade release like some other makes, otherwise no problems with it, not the most frequently used of tools, but I can thing of several jobs it would have been handy for if I'd bought it earlier ...
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